My Great Grandfather's name was M L McDonald... and yes it was a
nightmare in the Army in WWI as he told us the story many times. When
Legacy tells me to put the periods in I just ignore it and select the
option not to be warned about future problems on that record.
Allen
John Clare wrote:
I seem to have heard of someone called Ulysses S Grant as well
John
2008/6/30 Art Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
Of course the best known American example would be Harry S Truman,
who made
it vary plain that the S was his middle name, not an initial, He
said what
the S stood for was S and nothing else - quite a problem in the
army in WWI.
Art Seddon
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